[Brain storage]
[Apologies for OOC]
“Young man, go back to where you belong.”
“Bringing you to this dangerous place was an oversight in my work.”
“I have already opened the door home for you, and from now on, you have nothing to do with the identity of Columbina.”
“Go ahead and sing the praises of your youth!”
Facing the Goddess’s kind words, Columbina tilted his head in confusion, “Young man?
Am I not girl?”
“Hey!”
“Columbina, you are not allowed to leave!”
Before the Goddess could react, a cannonball fired from Pulonia’s arm blasted the Goddess away.
Columbina stared blankly at Sandrone, who had rushed over looking travel-worn.
Gently wiping away the tears flowing from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips, Columbina hugged her tightly and soothed, “I’m not leaving.
Haven’t we agreed?
We will be sisters for a lifetime.”
That day, like countless ordinary days, the young man walked alone on his way home from school.
[I can see girl as soon as I get home, I can’t wait anymore.]
Today is girl’s first up banner day.
Ever since Columbina’s debut in A Winter Night’s Lazzo, the young man had been waiting for the day he enters the gacha pool.
[I wonder if one 648 pack is enough to pull Yaya to max constellations?]
Before he had too much time to think, the young man only saw a light from another world lit up in front of him.
It was the Archon of Truck-kun!
Legend has it that whenever someone sees it, unexpected good luck will happen.
Accompanied by a huge crash, his consciousness gradually became blurred.
Opening his eyes again, he came to this place.
…
This is a pitch-white space with no sky and no earth.
Here, you will not have the so-called concept of time, and all you can see is endless brilliance filling your vision and…
In the center of that brilliance, a lazy Goddess was lying on a chair leisurely eating snacks, seemingly indifferent to the young man’s arrival.
A waterfall of long blue hair draped smoothly down to her waist, and the iconic ahoge on top of her head lay softly.
“Hey, weird guy, you’re the one who summoned me here, right?”
Relying on the experience he accumulated from watching anime in his past life, without even thinking about it, his appearance must have something to do with the Goddess in front of him.
“What a rude fellow, right before you stands the famous Goddess Hill!”
Sure enough, after the young man spoke, the Goddess sitting on the chair couldn’t help jumping up and loudly reprimanding his rudeness.
“Then, may I ask, Goddess-adult, why on earth did you summon me here amidst your busy schedule?”
The young man asked while holding back his anger.
After all, he was only a step away from pulling girl to max constellations, how could he be summoned to this strange place so casually.
“Then…
O lost soul!”
Hill regained her Goddess-like seriousness and began her lines that she had spoken countless times, “Do not be nervous, and do not be afraid.”
“This is the realm of eternity, the gathering place of deceased souls.”
“Given that you are the 100,000th soul I have summoned, I will grant you one wish and bestow upon you a brand new life.”
“Sing praises!
Give thanks!
This is the supreme honor bestowed upon you by the Goddess!”
[Am I dead?]
The young man lowered his head, looked at his nearly transparent palms, and found it hard to accept this established fact.
[What about the 648 Intertwined Fates I worked so hard to save up?]
[I haven’t even held a girl’s hand yet!]
[It’s over, I haven’t deleted my study materials yet, my innocence!]
The young man grabbed his hair in extreme annoyance, looking thoroughly miserable.
“Eh?”
Hill looked at the young man scratching his ears and cheeks in such a manner, and couldn’t help feeling confused.
Not a single one of the souls she had summoned in the past failed to be full of gratitude when faced with her empty promises, yet the young man in front of her was unexpectedly grief-stricken.
“Hey!
Goddess, you said you could grant me one wish, right?”
The young man collected his mood and raised his eyes to look at the Goddess in front of him.
“Mm.”
“Then, I want to return to my original world!”
“Uh…
That won’t do, you’re already dead.”
“Useless Goddess, you can’t even do this!”
the young man retorted.
“Rude fellow, how can you utter such arrogant words?
I am clearly an omnipotent Goddess, okay?
Except for letting you return to your original world, I can grant any wish!”
Hill raised her volume, as if to prove that she was not useless.
“Any wish?”
Hope refilled the young man’s eyes.
“Of course, I am the embodiment of wisdom, Goddess Hill!”
Hill proudly puffed out her flat chest.
“In that case…”
The young man rolled his eyes and seemed to have made up his mind, “Then can you make girl and me stay together forever?
If possible, I also want to hold a girl’s hand every day.”
“Just this?”
Hill had waited for half a day, not expecting the young man to make such a trivial—no!
Should say overly ordinary wish.
She had originally thought the young man would take the opportunity to ask to become a Archon or destroy the world.
“Are you sure you’re only making these wishes?
You must know that the place you are going to is the perilous continent of Teyvat.”
Hill leaned down and kindly reminded him.
After all, encountering such a pure soul, she didn’t want to see him kick the bucket right after transmigrating.
The young man scratched his head and thought carefully; it seemed to make some sense.
[What if Dottore inflicts DMG on my Columbina again!]
So he decided, he wanted a peerlessly invincible cheat.
As long as Dottore dared to come, he would beat him into minced meat.
“Then, O great and merciful Archon of wisdom, please grant me strength comparable to a Archon, as well as powerful connections!”
The young man wished.
He wasn’t greedy either; having the strength of a Archon would be enough.
If he couldn’t beat them, well, he could always call for backup.
“Have you decided?”
Hill confirmed for the last time.
“Mm.”
The young man nodded.
“You want a life of being together with Columbina every day, strength comparable to a Archon, and powerful connections?”
Hill looked at him, a trace of expectation leaking from her eyes, and repeated his wish once more.
“Then, as my special experiment…
Oh no, I mean lucky soul, I will gift you a smartphone as well.
It has been modified by me into a divine artifact capable of cross-plane chatting, and you can also purchase items from Earth through the system mall.”
Hill waved her hand grandly, and a soft light radiated from her entire body.
“Go!
Infatuated soul.
Have a pleasant journey to another world, and go enjoy your brand new life with girl.”
[Did she just let something slip?]
[Never mind, Yaya wait for me.]
With the end of the blessing, the young man was engulfed by a strong white light, his vision went black, and with expectations for life in Teyvat, his consciousness fell into chaos.
After the teleportation ended, yet another strange Archon suddenly appeared in this pitch-white space.
“Hill, did you find a new source of fun for Aha?”